The temperature of the core is pulled from MSI Afterburner with the max reading used after a completed run off 3DMark Vantage and the Performance preset.

At 78c the HD 6950 TOXIC does run a little warm, but it's not too bad. As long as we stay below that mid 80c range we're pretty happy. Of course, cooler is always better, but 78c under load is still ok.

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